I Richie Rufftone, Dawn of the Replicants and Cruiser Bongo (‘Iub. I4 New Street. 558 7604. 9pm. £tbc. An exciting mix of I)Js. live music. short films. massage and breakdancing. in support of new mag Sum/[fry hopefully to be published in Aug. if you get your asses down there that is.

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I Freepost, Halle and the Boy Cartographer Tolbooth Theatre. Jail \Vde. 01786 274000. 8pm. £4 (£2.50). Top of the Rocks presents the electronic sounds of lireepost. classic pop from I'Ialle and indie sounds from the Boy (‘artographeiz

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I Supertramp (‘ly-tle Auditorium. Sli('(‘. I-‘innieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. £35 pltis hooking fee. With ‘The Logical Song‘ being massacred by some execrable pop muppets. there can be no better time for these .'\()R giants to come back and claim their pomp rock

When Charlie wasn‘t surfing and Uncle Sam was painting the future agent orange. Iggy introduced himself as “a street fighting cheetah with a hide full of napalm'. The Stooges certainly offered up an incendiary take on rock'n'roll. but not everyone was impressed.

'Iggy is very sweet but very stupid.‘ Lou Reed meowed. ‘He's not even a good imitation of a bad Jim Morrisoo and he was never any good anyway.‘ Hit me with a flower . . .

. . . cos you're so vicious. But when it comes to Ig-bashing. better join the queue. Lou. Standing aside from his persona. James Jewel Osterberg has spoken in past interviews of being ‘the fucked up godfather of nihilistic horseshit'. even labeled his alter ego “God's garbage man'. ‘I've been a puppet. the asshole. the dupe. the iunkie.‘ he's said. 'And I've come through it all'.

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Others have been kinder. Names. let's drop a few. Debbie Harry calls him ‘one of my all time heroes'. William Burroughs saw “a man who stands up to tell the truth in a house full of lies' and one observer even talked of 'a real woman: JLISI like Catherine Deneuve'. Mind you the latter was Iggy himself. Ever ready to take a pop. (Rodger Evans.i

I Tiﬂ Merritt Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 'I'rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £8. New country rock kid on the block. hailing from North ('arolina and fielding comparisons to Sheryl ('row and Bonnie Raitt.

I Down By Law, Travis Cut and the Day I Snapped The (’athouse. I5 I'nion Street. 2486606. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. ()yer- 14s show. The headliners are melodic punk rockers of more than a decade‘s standing.

I Venetian Love Triangle, Volcano and Trundlewheel 13th Note ('afe. 50 60 King Street. 553 I638. 9pm. Venetian l.o\'e Triangle are influenced by a spectrum of bands from the IS underground.